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Antonyms for perforate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb pur-fuh-reyt; adjective pur-fer-it, -fuh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈpɜr fəˌreɪt; adjective ˈpɜr fər ɪt, -fəˌreɪt


Definition of perforate

Origin :
  • late 15c. (implied in perforated), a back-formation from perforation or else from Latin perforatus, past participle of perforare "to bore through, pierce through." Related: Perforating.
  • verb make a hole in
Example sentences :
  • They perforate the nose and ears, and put various ornaments into them.
  • Extract from : « Handbook to the new Gold-fields » by R. M. Ballantyne
  • Sometimes it is content to perforate them with a multitude of little holes.
  • Extract from : « Thunder and Lightning » by Camille Flammarion
  • Their only resort, therefore, was to perforate it with their tomahawks.
  • Extract from : « Great Events in the History of North and South America » by Charles A. Goodrich
  • What if she perforate her big India-rubber ball with the points of the scissors?
  • Extract from : « Folly as It Flies » by Fanny Fern
  • There are some galleries which have taken more than 30 years to perforate.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • It is also advisable to perforate in the south face of the trunk.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • In case of a bore, you may retaliate, and perforate in your turn.
  • Extract from : « Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II » by Various
  • In the pelvis the acetabulum is perforate (in Echidna), as in Sauropsida.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • They burst, as it were like a breaking wave, against the rocks that perforate the grass.
  • Extract from : « The Alps » by Martin Conway
  • This custom is only for the men, as the women do not perforate their faces, but only their ears.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci » by Amerigo Vespucci

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